Symbolic & Chase to Present The Symbolic Yellow Diamond at Masterpiece London

Posted on June 23, 2015

Like summer bottled in a diamond, Symbolic & Chase will present The Symbolic Yellow diamond at this year’s Masterpiece London fair. The 114-carat Fancy Vivid yellow diamond, recently certified by the Gemological Institute of America, is one of the largest old-cut Fancy Vivid yellow diamonds on record.

The diamond color grade of “fancy vivid yellow” is the rarest and most desirable color for a yellow diamond, whose vibrant hue is the result of trace amounts of nitrogen trapped within carbon molecules and hardened over the course of millions of years.

The 114-carat Fancy Vivid yellow diamond is among the largest yellow diamond ever recorded. Photo courtesy of Martin Travis of Symbolic & Chase

The Symbolic Yellow joins the rarified ranks of other illustrious large Fancy Vivid yellows weighing over 100 carats: the 100.09-carat Graff Vivid Yellow, the 110.3-carat Cora Sun-Drop, and the 128.54-carat Tiffany Yellow Diamond. The current record price for a yellow diamond is held by The Graff Vivid Yellow, which sold for $16.3 million at Sotheby’s Geneva in May 2014. The previous record was set by the Cora Sun-Drop also at Sotheby’s Geneva in November 2011, when it brought in $12.36 million.

Additional highlights from Symbolic & Chase at Masterpiece London this year include collectible signed vintage pieces as well as cutting edge creations by contemporary designers SABBA and Carnet. The London-based shop, established by Martin Travis in 2004, has also just launched a new, improved website that includes the most recent additions to its prestigious collection of coveted jewels.

Symbolic & Chase will be exhibiting at Stand Number C7 at Masterpiece London from June 25 to July 1, 2015.